[G4] G4 shut-down woes

[Peter Webster]

I also have a rev B iMac that runs just great, with 2 hard drives and OS
9.2.

Also, a Duo 280c I got for $100 that I wrote an opera libretto on: I hear
the "chimes of death" from time to time, but then it staggers back...

They just keep on going!

Thanks again.

PMW

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 10:18 PM, CDT <cdt at globaldsl.net> wrote:

>
> On Feb 18, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Peter Webster wrote:
>
>  Dear Dan:
>>
>> I tried the Open Firmware resets as per your instructions, and when the
>> old Sawtooth rebooted, I got the question mark/folder icon.
>>
>> I shut down. Went away. Had a sandwich. Wept. Came back. Booted up:
>>
>> Question mark/folder icon, blinking.
>>
>> Then,
>>
>> THE APPLE...
>>
>> Did some work, shut down: no problem (so far.)
>>
>> THANK YOU!
>>
>
> You're welcome, Peter.  Glad you had the moxie to pursue some of the other
> little tricks instead of giving up when it didn't boot properly the first
> time.  Sounds like it had a little trouble finding a viable OS (that's what
> the blinking question mark means).  You might want to check what drive you
> have set as the startup drive.  MacJanitor runs the Chron processes (unix
> maintenance stuff that runs early in the morning if you leave your machine
> always on - never runs if you don't).  I run it 1 or 2x a month.  Apple jack
> is good for cleaning up OS troubles.  A little regular maint will keep the
> old machine humming along for a while yet.   FWIW, I'm still using a Rev B
> iMac I got new in 1998!
>
>
> Dan
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peter m. webster
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